Saturday, January 18, 2014

Judgment of the Pope on the apparitions of Medjugorje is near

The judgment of the Pope on the apparitions of Medjugorje is near.

Thursday, at the Vatican, was received the Bosnian cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Sarajevo. As of yesterday, also in Rome was cardinal Josip Bozanic, archbishop of Zagabria. Croatian sources have explained afterward that the dossier worked on for some time by the commission guided by Camillo Ruini has been placed on Francis' table. With the seals on the case, to make clear the delicate nature of the contents and the importance of the material. Four years of work for the group of theologians, doctors, and experts in mariology instituted by Benedict XVI is called to say if the apparitions of the the Madonna on the little hill in a town of Herzegovina might be supernatural. The incident has gone forward for more than thirty years, and from Rome still has not come a definitive answer.

Pope
Francis spoke on so-called visionaries such as at Medjugorge last November 14 at Domus Sanctae
Martae: "Curiosity pushes us to want to hear the Lord is here or there,
or to make us say, 'But I know a visionary, a visionary, that receives
letters from the Madonna, messages from the Madonna.' But the Madonna is
a Mother. She is not a mailroom supervisor of the postal service, to
send messages every day. This novelty estranges from the Gospel, from
peace and wisdom, form the glory of God, the beauty of God." Because
"Jesus says that the Reign of God does not come in a way to attract
attention: it comes though wisdom."